Principal Systems Engineer Contracts in England

Principal Systems Engineer
UK > England

As of 13 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Systems Engineer daily rate in England.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 486 638 758
Rank change year-on-year +152 +120 -132
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 55 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.014% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.015% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £621 £519
25th Percentile - £621 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £635 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +1.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile - £661 £656
90th Percentile - £670 £674
UK median daily rate - £725 £520
% change year-on-year - +39.42% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 3 2
10th Percentile £51.84 £53.96 £52.57
25th Percentile £56.25 £58.10 £56.33
Median hourly rate £67.27 £65.00 £63.23
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +2.81% +34.52%
75th Percentile £75.16 - £69.50
90th Percentile £76.86 - £72.88
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £65.00 £63.23
% change year-on-year +0.77% +2.81% +5.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 33,898 46,550 67,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.63% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,460 33,060 48,164
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,372 1,874
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.51
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +2.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Principal Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +34 21 - - 16
South West +26 11 - - 10
East of England - 9 - - 7
London +93 6 - - 12
Midlands - 5 - - 6
West Midlands - 5 - - 2
North West - 3 - - 9
North of England - 3 - - 10
Principal Systems Engineer
UK

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Principal Systems Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (52.73%) Systems Engineering
2 20 (36.36%) Verification and Validation
2 20 (36.36%) Validation
3 10 (18.18%) Degree
4 9 (16.36%) MATLAB
4 9 (16.36%) Algorithms
5 8 (14.55%) Aerospace
6 6 (10.91%) Agile
6 6 (10.91%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 5 (9.09%) MISRA C
7 5 (9.09%) MISRA
7 5 (9.09%) Software Audit
7 5 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (9.09%) Master's Degree
7 5 (9.09%) ISO 26262
7 5 (9.09%) Product Backlog
7 5 (9.09%) Sprint Review
7 5 (9.09%) White-Box Testing
7 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
7 5 (9.09%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 5 (9.09%) AUTOSAR
7 5 (9.09%) Subversion
7 5 (9.09%) Software Engineering
7 5 (9.09%) Software Testing
7 5 (9.09%) Automotive
7 5 (9.09%) Simulink
7 5 (9.09%) Stateflow
7 5 (9.09%) Project Management
7 5 (9.09%) Quality Management

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Simulink
1 5 (9.09%) Stateflow
1 5 (9.09%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.09%) Azure
1 5 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Bitbucket
1 5 (9.09%) Git
1 5 (9.09%) Subversion
General
1 8 (14.55%) Aerospace
2 5 (9.09%) Automotive
3 1 (1.82%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.36%) Algorithms
2 5 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.27%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (52.73%) Systems Engineering
2 20 (36.36%) Validation
2 20 (36.36%) Verification and Validation
3 6 (10.91%) Agile
3 6 (10.91%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 5 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (9.09%) Functional Testing
4 5 (9.09%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 5 (9.09%) Integration Testing
4 5 (9.09%) Product Backlog
4 5 (9.09%) Project Management
4 5 (9.09%) QMS
4 5 (9.09%) Quality Management
4 5 (9.09%) Requirements Engineering
4 5 (9.09%) Software Audit
4 5 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 5 (9.09%) Software Testing
4 5 (9.09%) Sprint Review
4 5 (9.09%) UML
4 5 (9.09%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.36%) MATLAB
2 5 (9.09%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) Degree
2 5 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 5 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) AUTOSAR
1 5 (9.09%) ISO 26262
1 5 (9.09%) MISRA
1 5 (9.09%) MISRA C